World War Z, 2013 Directed by Marc Forster.Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, James Badge Dale, David Morse, Matthew Fox, Abigail Hargrove, Sterling Jerins and Fabrizio Zacharee Guidoas. SYNOPSIS: United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and […]
Comic Book Review – Batman, Incorporated #12
Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #12… “Leviathan and the Heretic are on the ropes…could Batman be on the verge of avenging all he’s lost?” THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS, reads the caption on the front cover. It could just as easily say: FINALLY, THE BATTLE BEGINS. It’s been over two months since the cliffhanger of #10, […]
My Favourite Kaiju – T-Rex (Jurassic Park)
Luke Owen counts down to Pacific Rim by looking at some of his favourite giant monsters… Kaiju: The Japanese word for “strange beast”. However, the word Kaiju has been universally translated and defined into English as “monster” or “giant monster”. Dr. Alan Grant: How fast are they?John Hammond: Well, we clocked the T-Rex at 32 […]
Comic Book Review – New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes TPB
Luke Owen reviews the trade paperback release of New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes… Over a decade ago, the super hero team known as The Mighty Crusaders did the impossible: they won. Successful in their battle against evil and finding they’d made the world a better place, the heroes moved to the small town of […]
My Favourite Pixar Movie – Up (2009)
Flickering Myth’s writing team countdown to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Ryan O’Neill with Up…. Up was released in 2009, sandwiched between the equally ambitious and creative Wall-E and Toy Story 3. At this time, it seemed almost everything Pixar Animation Studios touched turned to […]
Second Opinion – A Field in England (2013)
A Field in England, 2013. Directed by Ben Wheatley.Starring Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Peter Ferdinando, Ryan Pope, and Richard Glover. SYNOPSIS: Mushrooms, madness and gold contribute to dark deeds in Civil War era rural England. A desolate field in England, during the Civil War. Two men are in a white tent, one is screaming violently […]
Ryan Reynolds offers another Deadpool update
Ryan Reynolds is becoming quite the regular on the comic book movie circuit, having appeared in Blade: Trinity, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Green Lantern and the forthcoming supernatural adventure R.I.P.D., which hits cinemas later this month. Of course, he’s also still attached to another – the long-rumoured Deadpool movie – and now the actor has gave […]
My Favourite Kaiju – King Ghidorah
Luke Owen counts down to Pacific Rim by looking at some of his favourite giant monsters… Kaiju: The Japanese word for “strange beast”. However, the word Kaiju has been universally translated and defined into English as “monster” or “giant monster”.Today’s entry into My Favourite Kaiju is one of Godzilla’s most formidable foes, the three-headed dragon […]
Comic Book Review – Spawn #233
Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #233… “Jim is at odds with his powers as he and the K7-Leetha fight for control. Can Jim harness the dark powers within? Or will the suit overwhelm his human soul, making him a true Hellspawn?“ Jim Lee, one of the founding fathers of Image Comics, was on Kevin Smith’s Fatman […]
The Week in Spandex – Superheroes at Comic-Con, Marvel Phase Three, The Wolverine, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Hellboy 3, Beware the Batman and more
Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, Man of Steel, Justice League, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Dark Universe, Hellboy 3, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of […]
